Category Archives: Behind the Line
Behind the Line: Video Game Violence, the Blame Game… (Origins)
I don’t normally like to talk political here, but over the past week we’ve seen the revival of blaming video games for real life violence. I’m tired of this, and anyone with any sense can see this argument for the
Behind the Line: GOG and Sean Halliday
GOG community manager Sean Halliday was fired last week for several high profile missteps on their Twitter account. My reaction: "He claims that while he’s sorry for the two inflammatory Tweets he sent there was never anything malicious behind them." That
Behind the Line – Facebook and Pivot to Video
I find the news that came out this last week about Facebook to be one of the most professionally insulting things I’ve ever encountered. Have you ever heard the phrase “Pivot to video”? It is, and always was, a
Behind the Line: Telltale Games
Telltale Games is no more. The story is still developing, but it’s undeniably a bad situation. Scores of people have lost their jobs with no warning. This is a tragedy, but I’m struck with just how surprised some people are.
Behind the Line – Riot Games
Riot Games… This just pisses me off. God Damnit You know what, if that company falls apart, I won’t shed a tear. Sure, I’ll feel bad for some portion of the workforce that needs to find a new job, but
Behind the Line: 10 Worst Phones to Play On in the 2000s
Last year I did a list of 10 strange phone designs from the 2000s. Today, I want to revisit that idea a bit and show everyone out there who likes playing games on their phones what we had to deal
Behind the Line – ArenaNet
Ok, I can only take so much stupid before I gotta speak out, and this ArenaNet story is way past that line. So, my sorta hiatus is over, with a change in format. I’m not retelling the story, I’m just
Behind the Line: Ctrl-Alt-GDC 2018
Ctrl-Alt-GDC is possibly my favorite part of GDC. While there may be more interesting or newsworthy displays here or there, Ctrl-Alt-GDC is always reliably presenting unique ideas that demonstrate new ideas for how people can interact with electronic media. I
Behind the Line: Extra Credits Talks QA
Yay, Extra Credits finally talked about QA! I’d been looking forward to this for years. Now that I’ve seen it I’m… it’s there. It’s fine. Boy, this took me a while to get to… *checks* Over a month!? Damn… Well,
Behind the Line: Immaturity in the Game Community
A long time ago I wrote about the immaturity of the games industry. There, I was specifically talking about the business side. We should also recognize that there’s some ingrained immaturity on the consumer side as well. I don’t mean
